as in almighty
formal
knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Hayek feared the rise of the omniscient economic oracle: a laurate at once whispering into leaders’ ears and shouting at the public even as their predictions remain largely guesswork.
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The dead can also serve as an excellent omniscient narrator, seeing all.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
Regulators do not have omniscient knowledge of all possible outcomes, including harms.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
The book bounces back and forth between an omniscient narrator and a first-person perspective.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 June 2024
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The dead can also serve as an excellent omniscient narrator, seeing all.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
Regulators do not have omniscient knowledge of all possible outcomes, including harms.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
The book bounces back and forth between an omniscient narrator and a first-person perspective.
—Theara Coleman, theweek, 5 June 2024
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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